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Administrative Areas

Ward
Kirkwall East
Local Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland
Country
Scotland

Demographics

Area Type
Very Remote Rural
Households
63
Population
148
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 6976 = least deprived in Scotland)
6976

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
43
Scotland❚KW15 1SZ❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
15
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
9
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
148
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
21%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
16%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
11%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
123
Single
27
Married
77
Separated
3
Divorced
7
Widowed
9

Health

Population
148
Very good
88
Good
42
Fair
17
Very bad
7

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
123
Scotland❚KW15 1SZ❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
20
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
23
No qualifications
39

Ethnicity

Population
148
White British
22
White Scottish
125
White Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
148
England
19
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
125
Wales
1
Italy
1
Malaysia
1

Religion

Population
148
Christian
75
No religion
65
Not stated
8

Industry

Population
76
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
6
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
10
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
16
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
1
Professional, scientific and technical
4
Administrative and support
4
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
6
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
107
Scotland❚KW15 1SZ❚
Full-Time employee
46
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
12
Unemployed
1
Retired
20
Looking after home/family
3
Long-term sick/disabled
1
Student
5
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
63
Owned outright
33
Owned with mortgage
15
Rented - private landlord
12
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
66
Occupied
63
Unoccupied
3
Detached
54
Semi detached
2
Terraced
2
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
6

Household Size

All categoies
63
One person
20
Two people
19
Three people
15
Four people
2
Five people
5
Six people
2

Nearby postcodes

KW15 1XF KW15 1XG KW15 1XD KW15 1XQ KW15 1XH KW15 1NT KW15 1UD KW15 1TL KW15 1XX KW15 1RB KW15 1WT KW15 1XN

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019